When Becoming a NEW MUM for the First Time

So this year I will be celebrating my FIRST Mother's Day!

I can say, I have come a long way and learnt so much in the last 6 months of being a Mum. But on the other hand, the time feels like it has flown by and yes they do grow up so fast! So I am trying my best to treasure every moment with my son.

Before my son, yes I had all the freedom to exercise when I liked, whatever type of training I liked and how long I liked....... sometimes doing even 2 classes back to back in a day! I was sleeping 8 hours a night. I was drinking all my water and eating well and healthy, all whilst running my business and working with my clients. Nowadays a trip to the supermarket alone, feels like a vacation! Am I the same person I was before ? Definitely NOT! Am I managing to live the same lifestyle as before? Definitely NOT! And I am here to tell you........ THAT IT'S OK !!!

After giving birth, I went from completely understanding and knowing my body inside out, to all of a sudden feeling like a complete stranger took over my whole body and mind. Internally my mind was not connected and my body felt completely off. There were times where I thought I would never be the same again in aspects such as physically, strength and endurance and mindfully. It's hard when you don't feel like yourself but I realised it was going to take time for me to rebuild my body and mind again. I wish there was more awareness out there about how normal this is, and about being realistic how long the rebuilding takes to find your complete self once again. So I am writing this to tell you when we go through any change in our life, that IT'S OK AND NORMAL to feel like this. Take it one step at a time, one day at a time and one shade at a time.

There will come a time when each of us go through a change in life, a change in routine, a change in structure and THAT'S OK! Embrace It! So we might not do the exact same things as we did before but we strive our best to keep up a healthy life and routine. That's what I am currently doing myself, I still make those healthy choices when I can, I still try and squeeze in some movement in the day, whether it's a class or else a quick 15 mins workout at home while my son is watching. I found the best time to do this was in the morning after both my son and myself, have had our breakfast. It was the time of day that I had the most energy, it set me up for for the day ahead and put me in a better mood and helped ease any anxieties too. Mind you, this didn't happen everyday, but I did it when I could.

Sometimes I only managed to get in 2 sessions a week, but I was striving for progress with myself and not perfection! This is a lesson I want to teach my son. That everything takes time, everything takes progress and it's ok not to be perfect, but we do the best we can! That's what we should focus on, that's what we should be proud of.......how far we have come, the progress we have made, the change we managed to over come and doing the best we can! That's the example we should be sharing with each other and our children! YOU GOT THIS GIRL!!!! I have definitely come farther, became stronger and am getting closer to finding myself again so embracing the journey is part of the process.

Big Happy Mother's Day to all you fierce Mamma's out there! Your job role is the biggest one ever and keep in mind that in our children's eyes, they are seeing you as the perfect being with our messy hair, no make up, flaws and all. Our children bring out a new person in us that we never knew existed so now is the time to celebrate that!